Good Restaurants in Chiang Mai

[stament]

Was in the Chiang rai forum and noticed a thread with this title.

Thought it would be useful to have a similar one for Chiang Mai..... ;-)

[iainiain101]

From my recent visits to Chiang Rai, I would think it had very few entries!

[JLT]

9Moo9 - Hang Dong

By far and away the best

https://www.facebook.com/pages/9-Moo-9/163509583730716

http://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Restaurant_Review-g790336-d3175006-Reviews-9_Moo_9_Cafe_Gallery-Hang_Dong.html

JL-T

[zippydedodah]

FB group, chiangmai foodies... check it out ... LOTS of info on places and plates

[Thailand]

McDonalds Mahidol road.

[Ulysses G.]

The Thapae Gate McDonald's is better.

[true blue]

ham burgers agiannnnnnnnnn

[uptheos]

The food court in the basement of Airport Plaza is excellent value.

There is also a good salad bar there, that is really cheap.

Lots of fruit shakes available at 20 baht.

[grin]

Yep, we like the food court in the Airport Plaza basement as well. The other food court we like is at the Big C Extra, old Carrefour. It's hard to find a place to sit at either of these places at lunchtime.

Grin

[uptheos]

Yep, we like the food court in the Airport Plaza basement as well. The other food court we like is at the Big C Extra, old Carrefour. It's hard to find a place to sit at either of these places at lunchtime.

Grin

The only thing I don't like are those little stalls around the Kao Soi place.....have to sit sideways, so I wait until it's quiet.

[northernjohn]

What is your definition of a good restaurant?

Places with good tasting food?

Places with quality food?

Places for westerner food?

Places for Thai food?

Places with both?

Or the cheap Charlie places?

Also French, Italian, Indian and other nationalities?

For the cheap Charlie I like the Kao Soi place in the upstairs food court by the theaters at the Airport Mall.

[Asiantravel]

The Thapae Gate McDonald's is better.

why ?

[Ulysses G.]

The Thapae Gate McDonald's is better.

why ?

Just joking. They all taste the same. I don't consider most fast food places to be "good" restaurants, but I can remember when - for Chiang Mai - they were about the best that you could do, for foreign food.

[Mapguy]

There are more than a thousand rated restaurants on "Tripadvisor." Who needs this site! Except to gauge one McDs against another!

And how silly is that! I hazard to guess that what OP is talking about is probably imported cuisine. Well, he posted in the right place!

Now, let's hear it from the pizza crowd!

[naboo]

Nic's Playground and Restaurant - Hang Dong. Excellent for families with little ones. Very good western food.

[Mapguy]

Nic's Playground and Restaurant - Hang Dong. Excellent for families with little ones. Very good western food.

Sorry! After my previous referral to "Tripadvisor!" I think Nic's is basically prosaic fodder but very slickly marketed --- sort of fancy MacDonald's, BUT, if I had wee tots in tow, I would go there often when the family is tired of Mama Noodles! When I have gone there (silently with no overt protest), I have seen many, many tots there having a wonderful time! That may give some people a clue as to the ambiance of the place !!!!

[elektrified]

Yep, we like the food court in the Airport Plaza basement as well. The other food court we like is at the Big C Extra, old Carrefour. It's hard to find a place to sit at either of these places at lunchtime.

Grin

Airport Plaza basement Lanna Food Court is excellent but certainly you are joking about the Big C food court aren't you? Hard to find a place to sit? It's usually 1/3 full. Even my Thai friends and family don't want to eat there.

[neilrob]

There are so many good restaurants in CM, fortunately for us who live here. I just came back from a very good meal at the newish site of Café Mini, near Meechoke Plaza. It really is excellent. However, almost all the good restaurants have already been discussed in previous threads in this forum and a new topic is likely to be just a rehash of information already available.

[Mapguy]

Come to think of it, what makes a "good restaurant?" Really a silly question, isn't it? Shall we discuss whether or not we like our steak rare or well-done?

This question must indeed be based on the assumption that, here on TV Chiang Mai, a "good" restaurant is one that caters to the English-speaking tastes of aliens (a "nasty" but accurate term for people who are not native to Thailand!).

If you don't like Thai food (and there is quite a scope to it) then push off to be happier back where you came from when you sit down at the table.

Edited November 25, 2014 by Mapguy

[stament]

What is your definition of a good restaurant?

Places with good tasting food?

Places with quality food?

Places for westerner food?

Places for Thai food?

Places with both?

Or the cheap Charlie places?

Also French, Italian, Indian and other nationalities?

For the cheap Charlie I like the Kao Soi place in the upstairs food court by the theaters at the Airport Mall.

I like most thai food and also like western food but only eat western food very occasionally. Not overkeen on French,Chinese or Arabic food but like Indian; American; English; Italian; Mexican. Also happy to go to cheap charlie place.

[elgordo38]

Franco's Google it. Lots of good food.

[stament]

Franco's Google it. Lots of good food.

I said I wasn't overkeen on French food

[northernjohn]

What is your definition of a good restaurant?

Places with good tasting food?

Places with quality food?

Places for westerner food?

Places for Thai food?

Places with both?

Or the cheap Charlie places?

Also French, Italian, Indian and other nationalities?

For the cheap Charlie I like the Kao Soi place in the upstairs food court by the theaters at the Airport Mall.

I like most thai food and also like western food but only eat western food very occasionally. Not overkeen on French,Chinese or Arabic food but like Indian; American; English; Italian; Mexican. Also happy to go to cheap charlie place.

Sounds to me like you will find many places. I prefer western food but eat in for the most part. When I do go out I will go to the Dukes on the river. A little high on price but I know for a fact that he does not purchase the cheapest food he can for his meals and he is a stickler on cleanliness. The Sizzler has a real good salad bar not a big fan of the rest of their food. There is a Mexican restaurant on the moat Michelle's I believe it is named. As has all ready been mentioned food courts give you a wide choice of foods for cheap Charlie's and road side carts also have some very good food.

For western or Thai Gecko gardens is good also butter is better has good food. I am sure if you come here you will be able to find many more good restaurants that fall into your spectrum of taste. Maybe their will be some other recommendations.

[stament]

What is your definition of a good restaurant?

Places with good tasting food?

Places with quality food?

Places for westerner food?

Places for Thai food?

Places with both?

Or the cheap Charlie places?

Also French, Italian, Indian and other nationalities?

For the cheap Charlie I like the Kao Soi place in the upstairs food court by the theaters at the Airport Mall.

I like most thai food and also like western food but only eat western food very occasionally. Not overkeen on French,Chinese or Arabic food but like Indian; American; English; Italian; Mexican. Also happy to go to cheap charlie place.

Sounds to me like you will find many places. I prefer western food but eat in for the most part. When I do go out I will go to the Dukes on the river. A little high on price but I know for a fact that he does not purchase the cheapest food he can for his meals and he is a stickler on cleanliness. The Sizzler has a real good salad bar not a big fan of the rest of their food. There is a Mexican restaurant on the moat Michelle's I believe it is named. As has all ready been mentioned food courts give you a wide choice of foods for cheap Charlie's and road side carts also have some very good food.

For western or Thai Gecko gardens is good also butter is better has good food. I am sure if you come here you will be able to find many more good restaurants that fall into your spectrum of taste. Maybe their will be some other recommendations.

I agree Dukes is good I like having a burger there from time to time.

[kaptainrob]

Kwan's Kitchen is Thai/Euro fare and inexpensive. Premises are new and clean with upstairs bar and balcony overlooking Canal Road out front of Empress Dental. Ample parking.

[millwall_fan]

Was in the Chiang rai forum and noticed a thread with this title.

Thought it would be useful to have a similar one for Chiang Mai..... ;-)

In many ways the Chiang Mai forum is more personal and useful than the Bangkok forum (where I now live), but when you look at a thread like this asking for 'good restaurants in Chiang Mai' and see a load of saddos suggesting food courts and McDonalds, you realise that the more functional style of the Bangkok forum has its pluses!

Chiang Mai has a fantastic range of restaurants. I'd suggest some myself, but until I come up at Christmas and sample them afresh, I don't like to review them. So how about a few of you 'foodies' telling the OP about the current situation at Chez Marco, Rioja 2, Le Terrasse, Billys', Pern's, O'Malley's, The Olive Tree (if thats what Jerusalem Falafel is now called, Le Lapin, or the excellent Thai places from different regions, or the Chinese /Japanese/Korean/Indian/.

Such a wealth of restaurants, such a paucity of bankrupt contributions.

[daoyai]

This city is overrun with good eats, that may be why someone may say McDs just a sarcastic way of sayin; damn just follow your nose and go where the crowds are, good restos are usually not empty ..... only thing missing here is seafood but we are inland so .....

[scottishjohn]

The Thapae Gate McDonald's is better.

why ?

Just joking. They all taste the same. I don't consider most fast food places to be "good" restaurants, but I can remember when - for Chiang Mai - they were about the best that you could do, for foreign food.

Even with the little ‘smiley’ attached to your ‘joke’ did you really believe that any ‘experienced’ CM TV poster would even start to think you could possibly be joking about any food theme.

Shame on you for leading Asiantravel and the rest of us on like this.

Will we ever trust your ‘food’ posts again. (Yes we will)

Edited November 26, 2014 by scottishjohn

[Chiengmaijoe]

Food courts! He asked about good restaurants. Food courts have stalls that sell food but how anyone could confuse them with a good restaurant would be unbelievable if it weren't for the fact that this is Thaivisa Chiang Mai forum.

[JulieM]

Was in the Chiang rai forum and noticed a thread with this title.

Thought it would be useful to have a similar one for Chiang Mai..... ;-)

In many ways the Chiang Mai forum is more personal and useful than the Bangkok forum (where I now live), but when you look at a thread like this asking for 'good restaurants in Chiang Mai' and see a load of saddos suggesting food courts and McDonalds, you realise that the more functional style of the Bangkok forum has its pluses!

Chiang Mai has a fantastic range of restaurants. I'd suggest some myself, but until I come up at Christmas and sample them afresh, I don't like to review them. So how about a few of you 'foodies' telling the OP about the current situation at Chez Marco, Rioja 2, Le Terrasse, Billys', Pern's, O'Malley's, The Olive Tree (if thats what Jerusalem Falafel is now called, Le Lapin, or the excellent Thai places from different regions, or the Chinese /Japanese/Korean/Indian/.

Such a wealth of restaurants, such a paucity of bankrupt contributions.

Hate to disagree but CM does not have "a fantastic range of restaurants." Billy's? The Olive Tree? O'Malley's!? Please. You are much better off in Bangkok.

The so-called "saddos" suggesting food courts and McD's are just having a bit of fun.